The Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air) was a senior British Royal Navy appointment. The post holder was part of the Admiralty Naval Staff and member of the Board of Admiralty from 1941 to 1946.
History
The post was created in January 1943 as a new office to relieve the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff of one of his responsibilities the post holder was a part of the
Admiralty Naval Staff
The Admiralty Naval Staff was the former senior command, operational planning, policy and strategy department within the British Admiralty. It was established in 1917 and existed until 1964 when the department of the Admiralty was abolished. It wa ...
and member of the
Board of Admiralty
The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission. As that position was not always occupied, the purpose was to enable management of the day-to-day operational requi ...
. The office holder was responsible for supervising the directors of a number of naval staff divisions originally the
Air Warfare and Training Division and later the
Naval Air Warfare and Flying Training Division until April 1946 when the post was abolished.
Office Holders
Included:
* Rear-Admiral
Reginald Portal, — (January 1943–November 1944)
*
Rear-Admiral Lachlan Donald Mackintosh, — (November 1944–August 1945)
*
Rear-Admiral Charles E. Lambe, — (August 1945–December 1946)
References
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